# exact name of a property

"Seth I. Rich" (sir@po.cwru.edu)
Thu, 18 Apr 1996 14:58:56 PDT

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    >Is there a way to get the exact name of a property? I know property matching
    >doesn't matter about the case, but I'm looking for a way to get the exact
    >name that was on the property.

    Gather 'round while Seth violates the Prime Directive and posts without
    verifying that the code works:

      to find the real name of 'prop' on object 'o' try
        properties(o)[prop in properties(o)]
      (which could be optimized)

    Seth / Bb
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